Chapter 388: Murals

After Wu Yingying became the ruler of Hexi Longyou, there was a brief embarrassing situation that the state and county officials and officials had nothing to do, and the scholars could not go out, but first, the military government widely hired teachers, and then there was the establishment of the bachelor's house and the tax officer's office, and the demand for people who can read, write, and calculate increased greatly.

At the same time, the original power of the prefecture and county yamen to decide cases was transferred to various courts, and the courts and juries were impartial in adjudicating cases, so that the trend of adjudicating cases in Longyou in Hexi was prevalent, and many scholars became famous as teachers in various places. At present, the selection of judges is basically determined by the tribune from among the respected judges, but because of the supernatural and important position of the court, each judge must have several assistants who are skilled in the law.

All of this has caused the demand for scholars who can write and calculate and have quick minds in Xia Guo is much higher than before, and many people from well-to-do families have seen this situation, and they have also sent their children to higher specialized schools after they become literate. Poor children do not have to pay tuition, including food and lodging, as long as they are not in a very special position, they can recover their freedom after working in Fuhaixing for five years, and the upper limit of these five years is also stipulated by Wu Yingying, which is intended to promote the free flow of labor in the field of private industry and commerce.

Wu Yingying thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Education is the foundation of the country, you have to think about it very right." It's just that the rule that this school is under the control of the bachelor's mansion cannot be abolished, and the prime minister's mansion still has to take the way of assessment and selection when selecting subordinate officials. Chase originally hoped to set up a school completely controlled by the Prime Minister's Office, and was slightly disappointed when he heard this, but finally solved the urgent need of the lack of economic and practical talents.

Seeing Chase bowing down to receive the order, Wu Yingying said: "If the country is prosperous, the demand for all kinds of minerals will increase sharply, not only to vigorously open up the existing mineral deposits, but also to send a survey team to survey the mineral deposits in the country in many ways." First of all, a decree was drawn up, that if a new mine is discovered, if the mine is deposited on owned land, the government, the landlord and the discoverer shall each take one-third of the income from the bidding for the right to mine the mineral deposit, and if the mineral is deposited on terra nullius, the government and the discoverer shall each obtain half of the income from the bidding for the right to mine the mineral deposit. If it is a mineral deposit discovered by the mining team of the Prime Minister's Mansion," Wu Yingying looked at a few officials who were holding their breath, smiled, and said in a deep voice, "The discoverer also enjoys half of the bidding proceeds," he paused and said with a smile, "But the cost of that survey must be deducted." Everyone laughed, these tax collectors knew in their hearts that the mining of a mineral deposit can last for more than ten years, or even dozens of hundreds of years, and half of the income from the bidding for the mining rights of large mineral deposits is equivalent to holding a cornucopia at home, but it is not easy to find a mineral deposit that can be mined, and most of the mineral veins are in inaccessible places, which is to survey people to fight with their lives.

"Leak this news to the Central Plains, and add some rumors, it is said that a large number of gold mines have been found in the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains, and even if you can't find the veins, you can make a fortune by digging for gold sands in the river. Wu Yingying added slowly, now that the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, a lot of manpower needs to be replenished. After having lunch at the tax collector's mansion, Wu Yingying rushed to Mogao Mountain according to the agreement, and then the meditation hall where the master lived was a cave dug near the precipice, which was divided into two entrances. Huang Wen and Zhou Hou have already entered the inner marquis, Wu Yingying first thanked the follow-monk first, and the follow-up monk said: "This cause and effect between Your Majesty and Lord Cai Shi, the master mother has explained to the poor monk, Your Majesty knows how to repay the kindness, save the danger of people, has planted a good cause, and the poor monk should also help His Majesty to achieve a good story." ”

Wu Yingying and the follow-slave monk exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the little novice outside reported that Cai Zhong's hermit had come to visit, and the follow-slave monk asked Wu Yingying to wait inside. Wu Yingying opened the curtain and entered, and Zhou Hou and Huang Wen were already waiting inside, because Cai Yu quickly walked into the outer room of the cave and began to talk about Buddhist scriptures with the Jicong monk. The three of them stopped making a sound in the inner room, and after the week, they were dressed without makeup and white, their complexions were as calm as water, and they stood close to the door curtain with Huang Wen, listening carefully to Cai Yu and the follow-up monk in the meditation hall.

After coming from the monk, Wu Yingying came for the first time, so he took his hand to look at the exquisite murals in the cave.

The serene Bodhisattva preaches in the western heavens, the beautiful flying fairies scatter flowers in the sky, the countless ugly-faced evil ghosts under the earth seem to moan in pain, and between the earth and hell, there are many demons with pig heads, elephant heads, sheep heads, lion heads, ape people and other beast-headed human beings. The dim light in the cave makes this contrast between beauty and ugliness particularly stark. In the middle of the mural, the Bodhisattva is depicted subduing demons.

Wearing a gorgeous crown and holding a bow and arrows, the demon king chose the most bewitching and charming witch of his own and sent him to confuse the Bodhisattva. The witch performed thirty-two kinds of charms to confuse the Bodhisattva, and the Bodhisattva's heart did not move. The Demon King was furious, sent out a demon army, and sacrificed all kinds of evil magic weapons, showing all kinds of illusions, but none of these could harm the Bodhisattva in the slightest. In the end, the demon army was defeated and dispersed, and after seven days, it did not regain its strength. As a result, many demons also developed a desire for Bodhi.

At this time, the murals of the caves in Dunhuang have only been painted for two hundred years, and the recent ones are only a few decades, and there are even new paintings that are constantly being painted, the color of the picture is moist and bright but not dry, the lines are clear and smooth and not blurred, the atmosphere is elegant and agile but not old, and it is more touching than the later generations that have experienced thousands of years of wind and sand.

Wu Yingying stood in front of the bright murals that had not yet been vicissitudes, looked back at Huang Wen and Zhou Hou who were standing in the cave like Chunlan and Qiuju, took a deep breath of the air with the fragrance of rouge, and felt like seeing each other in a different world. The second daughter was originally listening to Cai Yu and the step-monk answers, feeling Wu Yingying's gaze, Huang Wen smiled in return, and the gentle feeling pulled him back to the mortal world, while Zhou Hou looked at him deeply, with a little resentment in her grateful.

Outside the cave, Cai Yu has been watching Huang Wen's painting of the general's dream prediction map, this painting Huang Wen has been painting for several months, the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, the love between the young general and the palace maid, the queen who dreamed of the country was humiliated by the monarch of the enemy country after the country was broken, and the courtesy of the exiled queen was on the paper. After watching for a long time, Cai Yu sighed, put down the scroll, and sighed: "Look at this beautiful and dense brushwork, it is Huang Bao...... Madame did it, his wife and his wife had good intentions, and they were really ashamed to believe the rumors by mistake. ”

He originally believed in Buddhism, and did not doubt the dream, and died after the Great Zhou Dynasty earlier, and imitated the story of Emperor Tang Ming, who once asked the monk to summon the soul and lead the dream, at this moment I remembered that when I lived in Bianliang, Zhao Guangyi humiliated himself and vaguely inquired about the appearance and temperament of Xiao Zhouhou, and faintly regretted her falling into the water and dying. Thinking of himself and Zhou Hou living in Hexi, they are all under the fence, if Wu Yingying really covets beauty, why bother to play this scene with himself, thinking of this, Cai Yu has no doubt in his heart, and his eyebrows are even more apologetic for the previous misunderstanding and suspicion, and he only sincerely follows the monk to thank him.